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potato (CL:個|个) / (Tw) peanut (CL:顆|颗)
HSK 5
tofu / bean curd
HSK 4
legume-based product / soybean product
HSK 5
bean / pea / CL: 顆|颗
HSK 7-9
fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy
string bean / snap bean / green bean
green bean / French bean / runner bean
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  *豆* | 豆* | *豆
legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆|颗,) / (old) stemmed cup or bowl
kidney bean
coffee beans
okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu)
pea (Pisum sativum)
hyacinth bean / haricot
Mr. Bean (TV)
soy bean oil / (dialect) soy sauce
black bean / black bean sauce
pressed tofu; dried tofu (ingredient of Chinese cuisine made by pressing, drying and flavoring tofu to produce a firm chewy block, typically cut into thin strips when preparing a dish)
soybean
stinky tofu / strong-smelling preserved beancurd / fig. rough exterior but lovable person
home-style tofu
hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) / one just has to be patient / haste will ruin everything
mashed potato
green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish
nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt) / mace / Myristicaceae (family of plants producing aromatic or hallucinogenic oils)
legume / leguminous plant
bean paste bun
mapo tofu / stir-fried beancurd in chili sauce
lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap. / One must live with the consequences of one's actions. / You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
soy milk
red bean paste
immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod
bean sprouts
green soybean / green peas
fried beans, Sichuan style
soybean
azuki bean; red bean
to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
variable glycine (Glycine tabacina), a scrambling plant in the bean family
(fashion) (loanword) model
(loanword) (coll.) idol
mung bean
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
Pac-Man (computer game)
Tudou, a Chinese video-sharing website
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
fried tofu (cubes)
blood tofu (coagulated animal blood)
Douban, PRC social networking website
bean sprout
to take liberties with (a woman) / to tease with sexual innuendo / to sexually harass / to take advantage of sb
to grumble / to chatter away incessantly
dried tofu made in Daxi, a district of Taoyuan, Taiwan famous for its dried tofu 豆干
croton (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科 / croton seed, a strong purgative
macadamia nut
yam bean / Pachyrhizus genus
chili con carne
julienned potato
soy milk
HSK 7-9
kidney bean
loafers (the name comes from the rubber "pebbles", which resemble beans, on the sole of some loafers)
sweetened bean paste
egg tofu (a Japanese egg-based delicacy with a smooth, silken texture similar to tofu)
douzhi, fermented drink made from ground mung beans / soy milk
okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu)
tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, and therefore not actually made from tofu)
dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
lentil
Fabaceae / Leguminosae / legume family (botany)
lima bean, aka butter bean (Phaseolus lunatus)
cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum)
dried beancurd (tofu)
sticky chili bean sauce / doubanjiang
chickpea (Cicer arietinum) / garbanzo bean
Indian cardamom (Amomum cardamomum)
cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) / fig. a girl's teenage years / maidenhood / a budding beauty
lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it / fig. let's not talk of this (pun on )
almond tofu; almond jelly (dessert made with apricot kernel milk, sugar and agar)
bean paste bun
sugar snap pea
white kidney beans
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
hot and sour shredded potato
watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
fermented bean curd
(bird species of China) tundra bean goose (Anser serrirostris)
like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube (metaphor for blurting everything out at once)
mung bean cake (pastry with a rounded top, containing a sweet or savory filling made with cooked mung beans)
beanie
bark of Croton tiglium used as purgative
pod (of legumes)
french fries / (hot) potato chips
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
soybean milk / fermented bean curd

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